2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1320–1327

B. Assistant District Superintendent(s)

1320. A district may have one or more assistant district superintendents as determined by majority vote of the district conference. In those districts where the district conference has voted to have one or more assistant district superintendents, the office shall be filled from among the ordained ministers of the district (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1180:32) upon nomination by the district superintendent and election by the district board of administration. One of the assistant district superintendents shall be designated to serve as the vice-chair of the district board of administration and will serve on the executive committee of the district board of administration. Also, the district board of administration shall designate one of the assistant district superintendents to serve on the district board of ministerial development. The qualifications, term of office, amenability, and other regulations are those of a district official as set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1255-1272.

1323. The duties of the assistant district superintendent(s), if any, are:

(1) To serve as member and vice-chair (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1320) of the district board of administration, presiding over the board whenever the district superintendent is not present or when appointed to do so by the district superintendent (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1221).

(2) To convene the district board of administration in times of emergency when the district superintendent is not able to act (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1215; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1320).

(3) To serve as member of the district board of ministerial development (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1320; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1378).

(4) To assist the district superintendent and to serve as a representative of the district superintendent to local churches or district organizations as the superintendent may request.

(5) To perform such other duties as may be required by the district conference or the district board of administration.

(6) To report annually to the district conference concerning all official duties (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1180:13), and to the district board of administration as required.

1327. A district conference may choose to have one or more assistant district superintendent(s), if any, as full-time district official(s), and shall further define the duties of the assistant district superintendent(s) in addition to those set forth in The Discipline.